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24970813 | Play | Get Yourself Together | 03:37 Tools | |
24970820 | Play | Another Fine Day | 04:22 Tools | |
24970839 | Play | Blues Keeps Comin' Down | 02:05 Tools | |
24970831 | Play | Cadillac | 04:23 Tools | |
24970899 | Play | Just A Little Bit | 00:00 Tools | |
24970822 | Play | One Man's Opinion | 05:14 Tools | |
24970896 | Play | Crazy For My Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
24970855 | Play | You Upset Me | 00:00 Tools | |
24970816 | Play | I Once Knew A Young Man | 00:00 Tools | |
24970827 | Play | It'S Hot | 00:00 Tools | |
24970887 | Play | Mendocino Hotshot Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
24970817 | Play | Soul Salvation | 04:08 Tools | |
24970880 | Play | Meetin' With Some Lovin' | 00:00 Tools | |
24970814 | Play | Reap What You Sow | 06:10 Tools | |
24970841 | Play | I Pity The Fool | 00:00 Tools | |
24970883 | Play | Pecos Pete | 00:00 Tools | |
24970830 | Play | I Got A Mind To Give Up Living | 00:00 Tools | |
24970825 | Play | Be Careful What You Wish For | 04:31 Tools | |
24970844 | Play | Love Me Or Leave Me | 00:00 Tools | |
24970838 | Play | Monkey Time | 03:16 Tools | |
24970829 | Play | Jelly Jam | 03:42 Tools | |
24970852 | Play | Blues for MB | 04:18 Tools | |
24970824 | Play | She's Sweet | 02:23 Tools | |
24970849 | Play | Killing My Love | 00:00 Tools | |
24970847 | Play | 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) | 00:00 Tools | |
24970885 | Play | Stop | 00:00 Tools | |
24970864 | Play | Groovin' Is Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
24970856 | Play | Next Time You See Me | 00:00 Tools | |
24970845 | Play | That's It | 05:00 Tools | |
62690586 | Play | Blues With a Feeling | 04:24 Tools | |
24970828 | Play | Taste And Try | 02:30 Tools | |
24970875 | Play | Lovin' Cup | 05:08 Tools | |
24970874 | Play | Jimi The Fox | 03:33 Tools | |
24970842 | Play | Peter's Trip | 00:00 Tools | |
24970851 | Play | The Ones I Loved Are Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
24970882 | Play | Killing Floor | 03:35 Tools | |
24970819 | Play | Take Out Some Insurance | 05:15 Tools | |
24970823 | Play | Tramp | 05:58 Tools | |
24970818 | Play | Self Preservation | 04:56 Tools | |
24970826 | Play | One more mile | 04:52 Tools | |
24970821 | Play | One kind favor | 07:29 Tools | |
24970850 | Play | Mary Ann | 05:04 Tools | |
24970815 | Play | Shuffle for Walter | 02:31 Tools | |
24970840 | Play | Mojo Boogie | 03:29 Tools | |
24970868 | Play | It's About Time | 00:00 Tools | |
24970832 | Play | Blue And Lonesome | 09:33 Tools | |
24970848 | Play | Parchman Farm | 00:00 Tools | |
24970837 | Play | Fannie Mae | 08:20 Tools | |
24970866 | Play | Anothe Fine Day | 04:23 Tools | |
24970833 | Play | Fool for Love | 09:37 Tools | |
24970834 | Play | Too Late | 03:30 Tools | |
24970854 | Play | Alabama March | 05:12 Tools | |
24970869 | Play | Down in Mississippi | 04:06 Tools | |
24970835 | Play | Blues Are Back | 02:36 Tools | |
24970867 | Play | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | 04:36 Tools | |
24970843 | Play | One Way Out | 03:58 Tools | |
24970884 | Play | Shes's Sweet | 02:23 Tools | |
87891618 | Play | I'M In Love | 00:00 Tools | |
24970836 | Play | Tell Me Mamma | 00:00 Tools | |
62690587 | Play | Another Kind Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
24970890 | Play | Baby Please | 00:00 Tools | |
62690588 | Play | Look Whatcha Done | 00:00 Tools | |
24970859 | Play | Sahara Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
24970870 | Play | Little Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
24970862 | Play | Crying For My Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
24970853 | Play | The Sign | 00:00 Tools | |
24970860 | Play | Happy Anniversary Baby | 04:27 Tools | |
24970878 | Play | That Happy Look In Your Eye | 00:00 Tools | |
24970857 | Play | I Gotta Know | 00:00 Tools | |
24970846 | Play | Cadillac Walk | 00:00 Tools | |
24970897 | Play | Hey Sister | 00:00 Tools | |
24970861 | Play | East/West Redux | 08:52 Tools | |
24970894 | Play | Luther's Lament | 00:00 Tools | |
24970858 | Play | oh why | 08:52 Tools | |
62690590 | Play | Zip It Up | 00:00 Tools | |
87891619 | Play | TELL OLD BILL | 08:52 Tools | |
62690591 | Play | Somebody Help Me | 00:00 Tools | |
62690593 | Play | I Have My Doubts | 00:00 Tools | |
62690598 | Play | Daydreamin' | 06:24 Tools | |
62690594 | Play | Watch Yourself | 08:52 Tools | |
62690596 | Play | Bring It To Jerome | 08:52 Tools | |
62690592 | Play | Pick Up The Phone | 00:00 Tools | |
62690595 | Play | Big Band | 08:52 Tools | |
62690600 | Play | Hell & Purgatory | 06:39 Tools | |
24970863 | Play | walking by myself | 06:39 Tools | |
62690597 | Play | You've Got The Touch (For Lisa) | 08:52 Tools | |
24970879 | Play | East / West Redux | 08:52 Tools | |
24970893 | Play | long as i have you | 07:07 Tools | |
24970886 | Play | Your're A Bad One | 06:24 Tools | |
24970888 | Play | You're A Bad One | 06:39 Tools | |
62690602 | Play | Peters Trip | 02:48 Tools | |
24970876 | Play | Can't You See | 02:48 Tools | |
87891620 | Play | Lovin´ Cup | 06:39 Tools | |
62690609 | Play | Its About Time | 02:48 Tools | |
62690608 | Play | Can't You See... | 02:48 Tools | |
62690601 | Play | Groovin Is Easy | 02:48 Tools | |
62690604 | Play | i ain't got you | 02:48 Tools | |
62690607 | Play | dance with me | 02:48 Tools | |
62690603 | Play | LOVIN CUP | 02:48 Tools | |
62690606 | Play | Mendocino Hotshots Blues | 02:48 Tools | |
62690613 | Play | Eastwest Redux | 04:04 Tools | |
80812142 | Play | Groovin´ is easy | 02:48 Tools | |
87891621 | Play | Good Morning Little Shoolgirl | 04:36 Tools | |
62690612 | Play | The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) | 04:04 Tools | |
62690611 | Play | Peter´s Trip | 02:48 Tools | |
24970865 | Play | Screamin' | 04:04 Tools | |
62690614 | Play | Petera*S Trip | 04:04 Tools | |
24970898 | Play | All These Blues | 03:28 Tools | |
62690621 | Play | Tell Me Mama | 06:18 Tools | |
24970877 | Play | Last Hopes Gone | 06:18 Tools | |
62690615 | Play | Work Song | 06:18 Tools | |
62690616 | Play | th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) | 06:18 Tools | |
62690617 | Play | One More Heartache | 06:18 Tools | |
62690622 | Play | Bring It Home To Jerome | 06:18 Tools | |
62690618 | Play | Hell And Purgatory | 06:18 Tools | |
62690623 | Play | 59th Street Bridge Song | 06:18 Tools | |
62690619 | Play | East-West Redux | 06:18 Tools | |
62690620 | Play | No Amount Of Loving | 06:18 Tools | |
62690624 | Play | In My Own Dream | 05:47 Tools | |
87891622 | Play | Good Morning Little Shool Girl | 06:18 Tools | |
62690625 | Play | Buddy's Advice | 06:18 Tools | |
62690627 | Play | Mary Mary | 06:18 Tools |
About the Ford Blues Band After leaving Ukiah, CA, and moving south to San Francisco to form the Charles Ford Band (named for their father) in the late '60s with harmonica player Gary Smith, brothers Pat (drums) and Robben (guitar) were enlisted by Charlie Musselwhite and were pivotal members of one of the best aggregations the harpist ever led. Leaving Musselwhite after recording Arhoolie's Takin' My Time, they recruited bassist Stan Poplin and younger brother Mark, then age 17, on harmonica and played under the name the Real Charles Ford Band. Heavily influenced by the original Butterfield Blues Band and the Chess catalog, the quartet was famous for their live jazz explorations — often jamming for 30 minutes or more on a John Coltrane and George Benson tune — and hear-a pin-drop dynamics (with Mark abandoning mike and amp to play acoustically into the room or Robben turning the volume all the way off on his fat-body Gibson L-5). Muddy Waters sat in with and praised the young band, and Chess Records even came courting, but the brothers split on New Year's Eve, 1971, recording their sole LP posthumously, as it were. Robben went on to major cult status via session work and sporadic solo releases, and after lengthy hiatuses Mark and Pat continue to gig around the Bay Area and Europe. Pat founded his own Blue Rock'it label, on which albums like The Ford Blues Band, Hot Shots and 1999 were released. The band's influence in Northern California is still enormous, particularly among guitar players who continue to ape licks Robben forgot two decades ago. You can also see: Ford Blues Band and The Ford Brothers Blues Band on last.fm. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.